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Re:Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological... by dTal on Thursday February 01, 2024 @09:47AM (#39216533)
A big value proposition of LLMs is their ability to synthesize and remix. Sure, you can access viral sequences today, but with an LLM you might be able to say "given these covid variants, make me a version as deadly as the first one and as virulent as the latest variant".
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Re:Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological... by nradov on Thursday February 01, 2024 @10:48AM (#39217179)
That's not how viruses work.
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Re:Building an early warning system for LLM-aided biological... by anonymouskimmer on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:58PM (#39233401)
Especially once you start mixing in immune system priming from prior exposure and vaccination.
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